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TreasonousBastard

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3. Little known fact-- while there are dozens of Colonial era cemeteries out here, there is...

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 17, 2020, 01:44 AM

Sep 2020

the little known "Slave Cemetery" by one of the beaches in Orient.

A Quaker farmer (before Quakers decided slavery was a no-no) respected his servants and had a small plot sectioned off for him, his wife and his servants. This small cemetery has been preserved by the state.

I've got pictures (if I could find them).

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